Thanks !
I actually put it as 0000000000000000 . When rebooted into linux and check dmesg , it assigned itself as 5000000080000000 , all HDDs are detected and -uptil now- working fine .
Now comes the true problem -the reason why I decided to flash in the first place- , I'm using it in a Linux file server , and whenever there is a heavy IO on the controller (Restore a backup from a RAID10 to a RAID0 on the same controller) it hangs after a while and drops ALL HDDs that are attached to it crashing both RAIDs .
a dmesg log as soon as OS starts up :
[ 3.014772] mpt2sas version 15.100.00.00 loaded
[ 3.015005] mpt2sas0: 64 BIT PCI BUS DMA ADDRESSING SUPPORTED, total mem (32631980 kB)
[ 3.015045] mpt2sas 0000:05:00.0: irq 68 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.015049] mpt2sas 0000:05:00.0: irq 69 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.015051] mpt2sas 0000:05:00.0: irq 70 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.015054] mpt2sas 0000:05:00.0: irq 71 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3.015109] mpt2sas0-msix0: PCI-MSI-X enabled: IRQ 68
[ 3.015111] mpt2sas0-msix1: PCI-MSI-X enabled: IRQ 69
[ 3.015111] mpt2sas0-msix2: PCI-MSI-X enabled: IRQ 70
[ 3.015112] mpt2sas0-msix3: PCI-MSI-X enabled: IRQ 71
[ 3.015113] mpt2sas0: iomem(0x00000000f7940000), mapped(0xffffc90007d80000), size(65536)
[ 3.015114] mpt2sas0: ioport(0x000000000000e000), size(256)
[ 3.399107] mpt2sas0: Allocated physical memory: size(16686 kB)
[ 3.399110] mpt2sas0: Current Controller Queue Depth(9979), Max Controller Queue Depth(10240)
[ 3.399111] mpt2sas0: Scatter Gather Elements per IO(128)
[ 3.593668] mpt2sas0: LSISAS2308: FWVersion(16.00.00.00), ChipRevision(0x05), BiosVersion(00.00.00.00)
[ 3.593671] mpt2sas0: Protocol=(Initiator,Target), Capabilities=(TLR,EEDP,Snapshot Buffer,Diag Trace Buffer,Task Set Full,NCQ)
[ 3.593755] mpt2sas0: sending port enable !!
[ 16.092832] mpt2sas0: host_add: handle(0x0001), sas_addr(0x5000000080000000), phys(8)
[ 16.592281] scsi 0:0:0:0: SATA: handle(0x0009), sas_addr(0x4433221100000000), phy(0), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 16.842112] scsi 0:0:1:0: SATA: handle(0x000a), sas_addr(0x4433221101000000), phy(1), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 18.341716] scsi 0:0:2:0: SATA: handle(0x000b), sas_addr(0x4433221103000000), phy(3), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 22.340349] scsi 0:0:3:0: SATA: handle(0x000c), sas_addr(0x4433221102000000), phy(2), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 24.338453] scsi 0:0:4:0: SATA: handle(0x000d), sas_addr(0x4433221104000000), phy(4), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 24.587836] scsi 0:0:5:0: SATA: handle(0x000e), sas_addr(0x4433221105000000), phy(5), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 26.087346] scsi 0:0:6:0: SATA: handle(0x000f), sas_addr(0x4433221107000000), phy(7), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 26.336777] scsi 0:0:7:0: SATA: handle(0x0010), sas_addr(0x4433221106000000), phy(6), device_name(0x0000000000000000)
[ 30.963926] mpt2sas0: port enable: SUCCESS
And this one is after it crashes :
[ 352.898758] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 353.948174] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 354.997545] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 356.046939] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 357.096327] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 358.145724] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work : SAS host is non-operational !!!!
[ 358.146569] mpt2sas0: _base_fault_reset_work: Running mpt2sas_dead_ioc thread success !!!!
[ 358.148062] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x0009), sas_addr(0x4433221100000000)
[ 358.161885] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000a), sas_addr(0x4433221101000000)
[ 358.163569] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000b), sas_addr(0x4433221103000000)
[ 358.165741] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000c), sas_addr(0x4433221102000000)
[ 358.167359] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000d), sas_addr(0x4433221104000000)
[ 358.169035] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000e), sas_addr(0x4433221105000000)
[ 358.169799] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x000f), sas_addr(0x4433221107000000)
[ 358.187821] mpt2sas0: removing handle(0x0010), sas_addr(0x4433221106000000)
[ 358.332109] mpt2sas0: sending diag reset !!
[ 358.628760] mpt2sas0: diag reset: FAILED
[ 359.420389] Modules linked in: ib_srpt target_core_pscsi target_core_file target_core_iblock iscsi_target_mod target_core_mod btrfs fuse loop xfs raid6_pq crc32c libcrc32c zlib_deflate xor raid0 md_mod iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support mxm_wmi evdev psmouse serio_raw pcspkr i915 e1000e intel_agp ptp intel_gtt pps_core drm_kms_helper lpc_ich drm i2c_i801 i2c_algo_bit i2c_core mperf wmi button video processor ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod ahci libahci libata firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t ehci_pci mpt2sas xhci_hcd ehci_hcd raid_class scsi_transport_sas usbcore usb_common scsi_mod
It has been driving me crazy for 4 days ! Any hint will be alot of help .